asperse
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The hereditary duties of the King's Champion are to "gird himself in complete armor," ride out upon a noble charger, fling down his gauntlet, offer to fight all "liars and traitors" who asperse King Edward.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this threat blazoned, the British note went on to asperse individually and by name five officials of the Soviet Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is it to asperse? to malign? to traduce? to disparage?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
"Not even scandal could asperse her motives in the present case," said Lady Hester, with an insolent laugh.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
It is probably only those who have had the bad taste to eat bull-beef who have ever found occasion to asperse the reputation of Bison americanus as a beef animal.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday
During the first nine months of 1923 there were: Births 584,458 Deaths 506,007 Birth rate excess 78,451 The Paris press aspersed U. S. lib erty.
From Time Magazine Archive
If with the aspersed one he should fail, The asperser’s sure to fall; For, losing Christian charity, Have we not lost our all?
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Eliza Paul Gurney
For of late years the character of the British sparrow has been aspersed in this country, but more particularly abroad; and I think he ought to have a fair and impartial trial.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
No pleader would ruin himself by defending a girl thus heavily aspersed.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
The King's personal courage Pitt had publicly and wantonly aspersed; Hanover and the Hanoverians he had held up to every form of public hatred and contempt.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.
From Time Magazine Archive
That the tale of Richard aspersing the chastity of his own mother is incredible; it appearing that he lived with her in perfect harmony, and lodged with her in her palace at that very time.
From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole
He did not mind discrediting the Council, aspersing its most devoted members, so that he resented a trespass on his vanity.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
It is true that his affection was of a somewhat odd type, presenting no obstacle to his aspersing the character of his lady-love, when he found it convenient to point a moral by so doing.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
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